Garden of Thought

When he was in Middle School, John Barnwell was introduced to the work of Rudolf Steiner. This led to a life of reading, learning, studying and contemplation. He also managed the world's largest occult bookstore (The Mayflower) for years and was exposed to many works and many students and masters, He has written two books, both involving the path to higher wisdom. Discovering the Grail via the Gra...

Russ Farnsworth wants to fix our government. Specifically, the US government. He wants to remove hyperpartisonship, money and the undue influence of special interests. He also wants to re-install ethics. The devil is in the details but he proposes a Citizen's Congress to discuss, debate and install new rules where elections are more representative. He proposes the items on the agenda be limited to...

Sallie Ann Glassman is many things. Those include a second generation American of Ukrainian descent, a Jew, a person who grew up primarily in the Northeast United States, transplant to New Orleans, student of Qabbalah, and an ordained Manbo Asogwe (Vodou Priestess} in Haiti. She's the author of "Vodou Visions", the artist of the Enochian Tarot deck, the owner of The Island of Salvation Botanica, a...

This episode lives in both Gardens. A little Doom, but quite panoramic view. Steve Favis has a corporation. He may have stumbled into seed money from a Chinese agent, He received funds from NASA and DARPA. He holds a number of patents and provisional patents. He makes robots. AI robots. Robots he assures me will not go I, Robot or Ultron on us. Robots that can be taught to do amazing things. There...

Did the Nazis build a base in Antarctica? Did Admiral Byrd find a plush jungle with Wooly Mammoth? Did the US send special forces to root out Nazis and/or retrieve alien technology? Was Atlantis or other high civilizations in the South Pole? These are all some of the myths and lore surrounding the seventh continent. What's true? What's not. Who drew those maps that showed the Antarctic coast and m...

J. LAWRENCE GRAHAM served as an officer in the U.S. Navy UDT/SEAL Teams for nine years (four on active duty). He was a founding director and an advisory board member of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Center for Citizen Peacebuilding during the last two decades. A Berkeley PhD, Graham is an author and Professor Emeritus of International Business at UCI. For four decades he has provided...

Nina Ameri, Esq. is a Los Angeles based entertainment attorney representing clients throughout the country in many areas of entertainment law. We go over some of the basics and what her frequently encountered issues are. We touch on what gets negotiated and the roles and differences between a Manager, Agent and Attorney. We also touch on some well known entertainment legal issues ranging from the...

Tom Dunlap was in the army learning to become an Apache helicopter pilot. As part of familial negotiations, he joined the calvary in exchange for becoming a licensed airplan pilot. He's also an attorney and has served on Commissions and other venues alloiwning him to become a valuable source of information on Aviation law. This is obviously a huge subject, but Tom got us through the basics of air...

The Garden tackles one of the most pervasive American conspiracy/mystery tales: who killed President John F. Kennedy. We welcome Katanna Zachry, one of the co-authors of "The Lone Star Speaks", which explores this precise question. As we approach the 60th anniversary, the question remains whether the official story holds up and what alternatives are plausible. Our guest interviewed witnesses, revi...

The teaching of ethical conduct in government and the law is essential for every free society, most especially for America, where the concept first flourished in a college setting. The collaboration of Thomas Jefferson and his mentor George Wythe in forming America’s first leadership training program for future statesmen had a profound and far-reaching impact on assuring that the new government wo...

Mexico Unexplained explores the magic, the mysteries and the miracles of Mexico. Topics range from ancient mysteries to myths and legends to strange anomalies and religious curiosities. We also look into bizarre history, legendary creatures and otherworldly phenomena. Podcast host Robert Bitto has had over 30 years of experience in Mexico, as a student, as an employee for a large multinational cor...

Dave Fleming is a sports writer with ESPN and the author of 3 books. The latest centers around Thomas Jefferson. It started with him noticing the North Carolina State flag indicated the United States was founded in 1775. Not 1776. That led to the discovery of the Mecklenburg Declaration. Fleming isn't the only one who noticed this. John Adams did and called Jefferson out on this, which only fed th...

George Mitrovic is a lifetime researcher of anamolous events and the paranormal. He's a polymath in the truest sense of the word. He's the author of 110 books, writing 7000 pages in the first half of 2023 alone. He's chronicled bigfoot, cryptid and UFO sightings around the world. Among other events. He actually charted every event over a 2 century period and discovered that by using the vertices o...

Professor Patricia DeGennaro returns to the Garden as part of a new recurring guest spot where she tells us about things in the world that we absolutely need to know. She's an expert in security, military and policy issues. Obviously, we discuss the semi revolt in Ukraine and Russia. What is Belarus' role? While China rattles it's sabres in the Pacific, it's a peace broker in the Middle East. What...

This is the second part of my conversation with polymath architect, David Getzin. Our task is simple: create a new religion; define why it's time is now; form a doctrine; and build the central temple. Ok. That was more the end point after discussions regarding Newton's frenemy Liebniz, among many other great thinkers including Plato, Descartes, and an implied cast of dozens. Your humble host playe...

Rex Bundy has studied Kabbalah, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Buddhism, Hermeticism, and the work of Crwoley, among other areas. He's the autgor of two books and is working on a third. We discuss his learnings and beliefs. During this conversation, we explore certain numbers and their importance. Zero and seven and six, among others. The Pentagram is explored, as is the Star of David. We discuss t...

This show is almost a crossover with Garden Views based on the content involving the publishing business, etc. We're joined by recovering lawyer and now author, Philip Brown. He's written two of a likely trilogy which combines aspects of science fiction and historical fiction, to tell a story that is part homage to his grandfather and part commentary of the human condition. We discuss the books, h...

I was listening to The Eastern Border and Kris was interviewing a guest he had collaborated with previously. I was impressed by his knowledge, demeanor and presentation. The topic was architecture and I listened about ancient architecture and immediately felt I needed this guest on GoD to explore the items I hear so often. Such as "we couldn't build the pyramids today"; "we've lost technology"; "a...

Robert Grundstein was an attorney who was helping his elderly parent work through some legal issues in the civil municipal courts of Ohio. This relatively simple process led to a spiralling nightmare that led to him being declared a vexacious litigant in the State of Ohio and led to trumped up criminal charges against him. He was forced to make numerous round trips for a system that seemed unilate...

Christa De Mayo had trouble with sleeping partly due to terrifying dreams. She learned to ride the lightning and control the dreams. She now practices what she calls Lucid Dreaming and she has foes and friends, and even a dragon she just can't defeat. She's encountered and defeated demons and chimera. She has reliable guides and compadres she can call upon. Best of all, this is a skill that can be...

Professor Patricia DeGennaro returns to the Garden as part of a new recurring guest spot where she tells us about things in the world that we absolutely need to know. She's an expert in security, military and policy issues. In this first installment, she selected 3 international items and 3 US domestic. Of course, the discussions in the Garden rarely stay in one zone. From Syria to everywhere, USA...

We are joined by B Show Brian and rejoined by C the Superior to discuss conspiracies. What are some of our favorites? Which do we believe? Why and why not? What got us interested in conspiracies? Why do we think conspiracy theories are so rampant? Whay doesn't anyone trust anything. except their particular thing? Is is just because the simulation masters want us to believe in conspiracies? Does re...

Peter Young was a Division I basketball player, had a career in sports broadcasting on a major network, and married the girl of his dreams. It was basically love at first sight. He met her family and heard all about "Uncle Robert". Then he met Uncle Robert. Then he made the mistake of questioning Uncle Robert's rules and ideas. Then he became part of Uncle Robert's family. But never quite obseqiou...

Rabbi Joe Kolakowski is Hasidic and the head Prison Chaplin. He deals with prisoners, staff and clergy of many doctrines including Christian denominations, Norse Priests, and a First Nations Chief. We hear his origin story and how he used pop culture as a bridge to form relationships and trust where you might assume was impossible. We discuss religion and culture in prison. We all also explore som...

In early winter, 2021, I interviewed Katrina Blake AKA Katrina Storm, as she was turning her fandom into a fledgling profession. Since then, her trajectory has continued upward. Hear the continuing story of this woman's - who doesn't drive or have a passport - journey into being a play by play announcer, backstage interviewer, ring announcer, podcaster, media pass recipient to major shows, and pan...